Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-04
CHAPTER XIII.
AYEsHA UNVEILS.

| AYESHA UNVEILS.
"Thero" she said, Che has gone, the white
bearded old fool Alb, how little knowledge
does man acquire in his lifel He gathers itup
like water, but, like water, 1t runneth through
his fingers; and yet IL his hands be but wet as
though with dew, behold a generation of
fools call out: Sec, ho is a wise man. Is 1t
not sol But how call they thee9 'Baboon,'
he says" and she laughed; shut this is the
fashion OF these savages, who lack imagina-
ton and fly to the beasts they resemble for
name. How do they call thee in thine own
country, strangers"
"They call me Holly, oh queen" an
swered
"'Holly,'" She answered, speaking the
word with difficulty, and yet with most
charming accent, "and what is 'Holly'p
"'Holly' is a prickly tree" said.
$50 Well, thou hast prickly and yet
tree like look. Strong art thou, and ugly,
but, IL my wisdom be not at fault, honest OF
the CORE and a staff to lean ON. Also one
who thinks But stay, Holly, stand not there;
enter with me and BIO seated by me. would
not see thee crawl before me like those slaves.
am a-weary of their worship and their ter
ror; sometimes when they vex me could
turn white, even to the heart" and She held
the curtain aside with her ivory hand TO let
me pass in.
very terrible. Within was recess about
twelve feet by ten, and in the recess was a
couch, and q table whereon stood fruit and
sparkling water. BY it at its end was YES
sci like O font cut in carved stone, also full Of
| ~.
lamps formed out of the beautiful vessels of
which l have spoken, and the air and cur
} tains were full Of subtle perfume. Perfume,
too, seemed to emanate from the glorious
hair and white clinging vestments of She her.
self l entered the little room, and there
, stood uncertain.
"6it,n said She, pointing to the couch eat
present thou hast no cause to fear mo- If thou
hast cause thou rhalt not fear for long, for
shall STAY thee. Therefore let thy heart be
light
:. sat down on the end of the couch near
7 to the font like basin Of water, and She sunk
down softly on to the other end.
3 "Now, Holly" she said, show contest thou
D TO speak Arabica 1t Is mine own dear tongue
1 for Arabian am l by birth. Yet dest thou
t not speak it as we used to speak. Some of the
words seem changed, even as among these
!. men. The Amahagger have debased and de
4 filed its purity, so that have to talk to them
' in what is to me another tongue"
~ have studied i'll" answered, "for many
= years. Tho language is spoken in Egypt an
Q elsewhere.n
S $50 it is still spoken, and there Is yet sr
t Egypt And what Pharaoh sits upon the
0 thronei Still ono of the spawn of the Persian
r Ochus, or are the Archmmenians gonein
j "1'he Persians have been gone from Egyp,
+ for nigh 1000 years, and since then the Pto
!. leyiys, the Romans, and many others, have
0surished and held sway upon the Nile, and
t tallon when their time was ripe / said
c aghast. "What canst thou know Of the Per
t sian ArtaxerxesT
Y She laughed and made no answer, ant
again cold chill went through me- SAND
Q Greece" she said, "is there still Greecel All
0 loved the Greeks Beautiful were they q.
1 the day, and clever, but fierce ct heart ant
S tickle, Notwithstanding
4 "Yes,n said, "therc Is Greece, and Just
now is 1t once more people. Yet the Greek:
/, Of today are not what the Greeks of the old
: time were, and Greece herself is but mockery
of the Greece that was"
Z $50. Tho Hebrews, are they yet at Jerusa
: LENT And does the temple that the wise king
built standa And il 50, what God do they wor
9 ship thereini Is their Messiah come, or whom
" they talked so much, and does he rule the
0 earthr
Q "The Jews are broken and gone, and the
!, fragments Of their people strew the world
. and Jerusalem Is no more. As for the tempt,
s that Herod built
Q aHerodr she said VI know no. Horod
3 But go on"
'sThe Romans burned It, and the Roman
o eagles fcw across its ruins"
r "So, sol They were great people, thos,
v Romans, and went straight to their end--ay
= they sped to 1t like Fate, or like their owr
Q eagles on their prey-and loft peace behind
q them.n
4 "Solitudincm faCiunt, pacem appellant ]
9 suggested.
I SAh, thou canst speak the Latin tongue
Q too" she said, in surprise. ait hath strange
d ring in my ears after all these days, and II
B seems to me thy accent does not fall as the
4 Romans put it, Who was 1t wrote thatl
b know not the saying, but it is true one OF
1 that great people 1t seems that have met
q learned man-one whose hands have held
p the water of tho worlds knowledge. Knowesi
t thou Greek, alsol"
ayes, oh, queen, and something of Hebrew
O but not to speak them. They are oil dead
Q languages now"
Y She clapped her hands in childish glee
b "Of truth, ugly tree that thou art, thou
( growest the fruits Of wisdom, oh, Holly" she
@ said. "But of those Jews, whom hated, for
II they called ,ne heather, when would have
K taught them philosophy. Did their Messiah
:. come, and doth Ho rule the worldp
o "Their Messiah came" I answered with
Q reverence, 9but he came poor ard lowly, and
they would have none Of him. They
4 scourced him, and cruciaed him upon Q
!. tree. but yet his words and his works live
h en-, for ho was the Son Of God, and now Of q
y truth he rules half the world, but not with
!. mn empire Of the world"
4 aAh, tie fierce hearted wolves" she said
athe followers Of sense, and of many gods
; greedy Of gin and faction tornl / can ~
their dark faces yet. So they cruciHed theil
= Messiahi Well can believe It'll That he wa
q ! son Of the living spirit would, be naught Il
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